χαλκεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαλκός (khalkós) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.kěu̯s/ → /xalˈceɸs/ → /xalˈcefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.kěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰalˈkews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xalˈceɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xalˈcefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xalˈcefs/

Noun

χαλκεύς • (khalkeús) m (genitive χαλκέως); third declension

1. coppersmith
2. (generalized) smith, metalworker

Declension

Third declension of ὁ χᾰλκεύς; τοῦ χᾰλκέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰλκεύς ho khălkeús	τὼ χᾰλκῆ tṑ khălkê	οἱ χᾰλκῆς / χᾰλκεῖς hoi khălkês / khălkeîs
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰλκέως toû khălkéōs	τοῖν χᾰλκέοιν toîn khălkéoin	τῶν χᾰλκέων tôn khălkéōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰλκεῖ tôi khălkeî	τοῖν χᾰλκέοιν toîn khălkéoin	τοῖς χᾰλκεῦσῐ / χᾰλκεῦσῐν toîs khălkeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν χᾰλκέᾱ tòn khălkéā	τὼ χᾰλκῆ tṑ khălkê	τοὺς χᾰλκέᾱς toùs khălkéās
Vocative	χᾰλκεῦ khălkeû	χᾰλκῆ khălkê	χᾰλκῆς / χᾰλκεῖς khălkês / khălkeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of χᾰλκεύς; χᾰλκῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χᾰλκεύς khălkeús	χᾰλκῆε khălkêe	χᾰλκῆες khălkêes
Genitive	χᾰλκῆος / χᾰλκέος khălkêos / khălkéos	χᾰλκήοιῐν khălkḗoiĭn	χᾰλκήων khălkḗōn
Dative	χᾰλκῆῐ̈ / χᾰλκέῐ̈ khălkêĭ̈ / khălkéĭ̈	χᾰλκήοιῐν khălkḗoiĭn	χᾰλκήεσσῐ / χᾰλκήεσσῐν / χᾰλκεῦσῐ / χᾰλκεῦσῐν khălkḗessĭ(n) / khălkeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	χᾰλκῆᾰ / χᾰλκέᾰ khălkêă / khălkéă	χᾰλκῆε khălkêe	χᾰλκῆᾰς khălkêăs
Vocative	χᾰλκεῦ khălkeû	χᾰλκῆε khălkêe	χᾰλκῆες khălkêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “χαλκεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χαλκεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χαλκεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “χαλκεύς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “χαλκεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G5471 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blacksmith idem, page 81.
  • brass idem, page 93.
  • brazier idem, page 94.
  • coppersmith idem, page 173.
  • metal work idem, page 527.
  • silver-smith idem, page 776.
  • smith idem, page 787.
  • worker idem, page 988.